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California (Kind Of) Approves Comcast Merger

The Comcast-Time Warner merger has — a year after it was announced — finally passed a major hurdle. Kind of. A California Public Utilities Commission […]

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Report: Does Land Grab Mean a Third Comcast Tower Is in the Works?

Is it possible that Comcast could build a third skyscraper in Center City? Natalie Kostelni of the Philadelphia Business Journal reports that Liberty Property Trust has […]

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Comcast Cashes 79-Year-Old Woman’s Rent Check

And the hits just keep on coming for Comcast. So far this year — and we’re only a month-and-a-half into it — we’ve heard about […]

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Try the “Comcast Name Generator”

Sometimes, you just have to have a laugh at all the bad news Comcast can generate. Well, maybe Comcast doesn’t. But lots of other people […]

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Where’s the Love for Comcast?

Maybe it’s not all Comcast’s fault. Harris Interactive has released its annual rankings of the reputations of the country’s 100 most-visible companies and — shocker — […]

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Dimming Hopes for Comcast Merger?

The New York Times today jumps aboard the increasingly crowded “maybe that Comcast merger with Time Warner Cable won’t happen after all” bandwagon. You already […]

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Comcast Labels a Customer “SuperB–ch”

The latest Comcast customer service story makes last week’s “Asshole Brown” tale look pretty tame. “Yesterday Mary Bauer received her Comcast bill in the mail,” […]

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On Net Neutrality, Comcast Loses — and Wins

Well, this wasn’t entirely expected. Sure, FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler was expected to endorse new regulations that would classify the Internet as a utility — […]

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Trade Coalition Launches “Don’t Comcast the Internet” Campaign

While the FCC barrels toward a decision — finally! — on the proposed Comcast-Time Warner merger, opponents are still coming out of the woodwork This […]

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Does Comcast Pricing Create Its Customer Service Problems?

Comcast’s reputation for customer service — never good to begin with — has hit new lows with the “Asshole Brown” incident. Lobbing profanities at the […]

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Comcast Parts With “A–hole” Employee

Ever wonder if Charlie Herrin has regrets? It’s only been a few months since he took the job as Comcast’s “vice president of customer experience” […]

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Comcast Bill Changes Customer Name to “A–hole”

Comcast prides itself on innovation, but figuring out new and exciting ways to insult customers probably isn’t what the company had in mind. Nonetheless: The […]

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Is Comcast Too Good to Merge?

Is Comcast too good for its own good? Yes, we’re aware that the company routinely shows up on lists of America’s most-hated corporations. Yes, we’re […]

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Did Comcast Ghostwrite Politicians’ Letters of Support?

A report at The Verge’s website today suggests Comcast has been ghostwriting letters of support that politicians have filed to back the company’s acquisition of […]

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Cohen: Net Neutrality Could Scuttle Time Warner Merger

Comcast is the focus of a big Page One story today in the Wall Street Journal, focusing on the company’s power in Washington, net neutrality, […]